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Published in final edited form as: J Benefit Cost Anal. 2022 May 10;13(1):57–90. doi: 10.1017/bca.2022.4

Table 4:

Unadjusted Mean Comparison of Health Outcomes

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

Variable Description^a	Total Sample	CPC Sample^b	Comparison Sample^c	Difference in Mean (Standard Error)

Smoking^d	21.5	19.7	24.9	−5.2^**
Smoking^d	n=1100	n=722	n=378	(0.026)
Drug Use^e	5.8	5.0	7.5	−2.5^*
Drug Use^e	n=1097	n=721	n=376	(0.015)
Body Mass Index^f	30.49	30.29	30.86	−0.57
Body Mass Index^f	n=1065	n=704	n=361	(0.446)
Obesity (BMI > 30)	45.4	44.2	47.6	−3.4
Obesity (BMI > 30)	n=1065	n=704	n=361	(0.032)
Diabetes^g	5.4	4.1	7.8	−3.7^**
Diabetes^g	n=1097	n=724	n=373	(0.014)
Hypertension^g	16.9	16.7	17.1	−0.4
Hypertension^g	n=1096	n=723	n=373	(0.024)
Depression^g	12.5	13.0	11.5	1.5
Depression^g	n=1098	n=723	n=375	(0.021)

Significance Level:

^***

p<0.01

^**

p<0.05

p<0.1

Data are presented as percentage of individuals except for Body Mass Index

CPC = Child-Parent Center program

The comparison group was created from a matched set of similar high-poverty schools

The response was coded as 1 if currently smoke any tobacco product more than once a day

The response was coded as 1 if used drugs harder than Marijuana

BMI measure was created using self-reported measures of height and weight

The response was coded as 1 if the participant was ever diagnosed with the condition